Favorite Christmas Song (Sacred and Secular)

[atestring]

My all time favorite Christmas song
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without you
By Porky Pig

 

[TexasSky]

Amy Grant's "It Wasn't His Child" -
If you haven't heard it, it is the story of how much Joseph loved Christ.

Also - Do You Hear What I Hear?

Drummer Boy.

O' Holy Night.

Silent Night because of the verse that says, "Son of God, Love's Pure Light. Radiant beams from thy holy face, with the dawn of redeeming grace."

 

[TexasSky]

Oops - That is Trisha Yearwood's song. Not Amy Grants.

 

[Marcia]

Sacred:
O Holy Night
What Child Is This?

Secular:
Carol of the Bells
(see http://www.links2love.com/christmas_songs_carol_bells.htm
for lyrics)

White Christmas

 

[ASLANSPAL]

"little drummer boy" harry simeone chorale.

http://www.terrificmusic.com/files/music/christmas/the_little_drummer_boy_harry_simeone_chorale.ram

Vince Gurialdo Trio?: Christmas time is here: from A charlie brown christmas.

http://www.charlesbest.sd43.bc.ca/academics/bandmp3s/02%20Christmas%20Time%20is%20Here.mp3

http://www.dutchconnie.com/ASF%20Map/Diana%20Krall%20-%20Christmas%20time%20is%20here.asf

[ November 25, 2005, 03:01 AM: Message edited by: ASLANSPAL ]

 

[Pete]

Christmas At Ground Zero by Weird Al Yankovic


Now to get a bit serious before I get excommunicated...

O Come All Ye Faithful
Hark The Herald Angels Sing
Silent Night (love playing that one on guitar)
Once In Royal David's City (Not many lines better than "He came down to Earth from Heaven, Who is God and Lord of all!")

...and I guess it's that time of the year for me to get on my soapbox on why Who Is He In Yonder Stall by Benjamin Hanby isn't played as often as it should be

 

[psalm40.17]

Hi,

"God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" - without a doubt my number one sacred song.

http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/g/o/godrest.htm

God rest ye merry, gentlemen, let nothing you dismay,
Remember Christ our Savior was born on Christmas Day;
To save us all from Satan’s power when we were gone astray

Blessings

p4017

 

[baptistteacher]

Thanks, ASLANSPAL, for the link to LDB by Harry Simeone Chorale. This album has been one of my favorites since it first came out when I was in 1st or 2nd grade. This is the defining recording of LDB, no others can match it for quality and effectiveness.

 

[baptistteacher]

Here in Oklahoma, we have a special advertising jingle that has been a tradition since 1956, making it possibly the longest running jingle in the U.S.

Here is a link to the "History of the Jingle"
http://bcclark.com/HistoryoftheJingle/p/4112/Default.aspx

and to the site where you can hear the jingle, or see the animated TV version:
http://bcclark.com/JingleMediaCenter/p/4113/Default.aspx

Any of you Okies who have moved away and miss the jingle, here's a trip down memory lane. Enjoy!

 

[UnchartedSpirit]

"March of the Three Kings" From Traditional France. Much better than "We Three Kings," especially the way my father see's it.

 

[tenor]

Originally posted by baptistteacher:
Thanks, ASLANSPAL, for the link to LDB by Harry Simeone Chorale. This album has been one of my favorites since it first came out when I was in 1st or 2nd grade. This is the defining recording of LDB, no others can match it for quality and effectiveness.

Even though I don't particularly care for the piece (LDB), you are correct with this being the definitive recording.

 

[tenor]

Originally posted by UnchartedSpirit:
"March of the Three Kings" From Traditional France. Much better than "We Three Kings," especially the way my father see's it.

I have to agree here.

 

[angel face]

the Little Drummer Boy

Silent Night

O Little town of Bethlehem

and O Holy Night

are all my favorites because it represents Christ being born

 

[hillclimber]

We'd like to have some recommendations on good old fashioned Christmas music that isn't compromised by someones desire to impress us with their arrangement. Just beautiful music sung faithfully to the authors intention.

 

[hillclimber]

Sorry I found someone asked the same question before.

 

[Debby in Philly]

"Mary, Did You Know?" Mark Lowry
"Ring The Bells" Dave Boyer

 

[rozy]

Originally posted by TexasSky:
Oops - That is Trisha Yearwood's song. Not Amy Grants.

Actually, it was written by Skip Ewing. Sawyer Brown had the best rendition for me.

But my favorite?

O Holy Night by David Phelps

 

[UnchartedSpirit]

My papa sings 'March of the Three Kings' rather well

 

[PastorSBC1303]

O Holy Night

 

[baptistteacher]

I also like "The Carol of the Bells" - the Wilhousky arrangement.

"Do You Hear What I Hear" is beautiful. A group called Regeneration made a wonderful recording of it in the 70's on the album "Christmas in Velvet".